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... and the road down to the lake made the last 8 miles effortless. We are in the Hoover Dam area and will ride across it tomorrow. LakeMead is wonderful, the stark contrast of the blue waters against the dusty rocks of the mountains around is ...

Later in the day, we rode around part of LakeMead to see other parts of the lake. It's all dry volcanic rock and brown dusty dirt. The newscasters on TV often refer to the monsoon period coming soon. There apparently are times of the year ...

... there. But a lot of people were out on the lake in power boats and sailboats. We also investigate some of the nearby lake shore. This is a very big lake—more about it later. Sunset was a nice treat to end a hot ...